Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Even though the media can't get enough of allegations that the Catholic Church may have surgically castrated "as many as 10 young men" in the 1950s, what most news stories aren't revealing is that it was the Dutch government who ordered the castration of over 400 men during the same time period as part of a eugenics program.
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After a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops came out swinging with a bold new statement on the HHS Mandate, saying they are "united for religious freedom" and will not allow the administration to divide them or the media to distort the issue.
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U.S. bishops are pressing for a place at the table in White House discussions to modify the contentious HHS mandate, a prospect that has become even more important as new polls show dwindling support for the mandate among the general public.
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The latest statistics released by the Vatican show that the number of Catholics in the world increased by 15 million in 2010, as did the number of priests and deacons.
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Even though the media has been creating a false narrative for days which implies that Bishop Joseph Malone of the diocese of Portland is backing away from the fight against same-sex marriage, he told a CNN anchor that he was doing the exact opposite.
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Parishioners at St. John Neumann parish in Gaithersburg, Maryland were informed at Mass this weekend that Father Marcel Guarnizo, who denied Communion to a lesbian Buddhist, has been suspended from ministry.
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Only a day after a high-profile bust of the group's leaders, the hacker group known as Anonymous managed to take down the Vatican website for several hours, claiming to be targeting the "corrupt" Catholic Church.
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A heroic Spanish nun who fought for women's rights long before it was fashionable will be declared a saint on October 21, 2012 after the Vatican approved the miraculous healing of a three year-old Brazilian girl who was suffering from a brain condition.
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a letter on Friday to all U.S. bishops of the United States reasserting the conviction of the Catholic Church that it will not yield to the Obama administration’s command to provide free birth control insurance to its employees, but not one of the major news outlets covered the story.
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As the Obama administration works with union bosses and dissident Catholic leaders to work out another "compromise" on the HHS mandate, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said the bishops' attempts to work with the White House are "going nowhere."
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